Caught up with the HBC himself tonight in Columbia. Coming back to the midlands always reminds him of the way he left… says #Gamecock fans have every right to criticize him for that 2015 season, but "that team had the worst attitude of about any team I ever had." @abc_columbiapic.twitter.com/hMlyk728tw

To quote big Julius in Remember the Titans, “Attitude reflect leadership.” I’m not sorry we sent the Head Ball Sack into retirement with a 50 point ass kicking, I’m sorry we didn’t send him into retirement at halftime of his last ass kicking in Athens.

It was glorious, eh 81? Imagine that had a lot to do with his and his team’s attitude all friggin’ year. The Dawgs certainly righted a wrong of the past such that he can’t brag about it anymore without remembering the same done to him.

I’ve always taken the position that if a coach builds a program up and takes them to previously unreached heights then they can basically leave however they want. Spurrier did that for Duke, Florida, and Sackerlina. Cock fans can hate him all they want, but the fact is he got them as close to relevance as they’ve ever been (and probably ever will be). Played for an SEC title, had a winning streak against Georgia, and even beat Bama.

If we had Spurrier all those years instead of Richt we would probably have never lost a game. You can say whatever you want but if you can have three eleven win seasons at So. Caro. You can flat coach. I damn sure don’t blame him for leaving Wash. My only surprise is him taking the job to start with. God himself couldn’t work for Snyder, what an egomaniac!!!

I gave up on my Washington fandom years ago, so I guess it doesn’t really matter now, but I remember being really conflicted about Spurrier’s abrupt departure. On the one hand, I was glad he was gone; on the other hand, I was pissed that he was jetting out and leaving the team such a mess. (Although given what a shitshow they’ve been pretty much the entire time Snyder’s been the owner, who could tell the difference, I guess.) Basically Spurrier thought he could take the NFL by storm by assembling a fantasy team of washed-up Gators, and when that predictably failed, he turned tail and ran.

Good coach at the college level and everything, but I’ve never had any respect for him and never will. Not that I think that’s keeping him up nights.

The 1966 Dawg rush featuring Bill Stanfill burying Spurrier and the ditch lizards is my all time favorite memory of the small ball corch. Second favorite is the 2015 Dawgs hanging half a hundred on his sorry ass!!